Abstract: Object To investigate the epidemiological tendency and characteristic differences of pulmonary tuberculosis patients complicated with diabetes between male and female in Tianjin. Methods Study the data of pulmonary tuberculosis patients complicated with diabetes registered in Tianjin Tuberculosis Control Center from 1991 to 2002.To explore the annual new registration rates of pulmonary tuberculosis patients complicated with diabetes and the tendency changed with time as well as the distribution of age, area , occupation and clinical characteristic between difference gender. Results The tendency of the annual new registration in male is increased and the annual average increase rate is 4 21%, the statistical significant increased tendency is not found in female. The patients number of male :female is 2 22:1. Male patients is much more than female in age 30～39,and less than female in age 50～59; positive rate of sputum smear in male is higher than female. The more higher of positive sputum smear rate the more higher of the possibility that male is examined. The risk to got type Ⅲ、typeⅣ and typeⅤ pulmonary tuberculosis is higher in male than female. Conclusion The distribution and clinical characteristic of pulmonary tuberculosis patients complicated with diabetes are different between male and female, male is severe than female.

Key words: Pulmonary tuberculosis/complication, Diabetes